“EMR – one year on”
On April 30th the RCH Electronic Medical Record will have been in use for 12 months. It has been one of the biggest practice changes in the hospital’s history.
Monthly Archives: April 2017
‘Factitious Disorders by Proxy’ (when parents inappropriately drive medical investigation and treatment)
“Factitious Disorders by Proxy” occur when caregivers (usually parents) exaggerate and/or fabricate symptoms and signs of illness in a child. This can sometimes be driven by an underlying personality disorder in the caregiver, or because of excessive anxiety that a serious illness is being missed by health care professionals.